bitter

Example Sentences

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But adjusting to reality was a bitter pill for Andy to swallow.

From BBC

It made a vicious kind of sense, and he felt it with a bitter certainty.

From Literature

These carry the bitter whiff of motor oil.

From Literature

Defeat was another bitter pill for Zverev, who is still searching for a first Slam crown aged 28 after being a three-time finalist, including last year in Australia when Jannik Sinner beat him.

From Barron's

At the bitter end of a brutal January, Kennedy Smith put her head down, determined to get to the hoop.

From Los Angeles Times